Lessons in physician accountability

Kay Rivera - @inquirerdotnet 08/23/2021

This week, we saw the highest health official in the nation wail about the Department of Health (DOH) being flagged by the Commission on Audit. For myself and my own colleagues in different corners of the health…

Vaccine communication advice for PH

Gideon Lasco - @inquirerdotnet 01/22/2021

Vaccines work. They have saved the lives of billions of people around the world, and today they are our best hope in putting an end to this terrible pandemic. However, as with all major public health campaigns,…

Talisay City to focus aid on schools instead of individual students

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Talisay City would focus on providing aid to the public schools instead of individual students to empower the school as they would transition to a distance and modular type of education. In a…

Accountability in the war on drugs

11/01/2018

A news story on an ongoing assessment by the Department of Interior and Local Governments (DILG) on anti-drug councils nationwide came on the heels of the sacking of Customs officials and their replacement with soldiers after more…

A finance man for others

Efren Cruz 11/01/2017

Question: What are the qualities of a true financial adviser? – asked at “Ask a friend, ask Efren” free service available at www.personalfinance.ph and Facebook. Answer: Of late, there has been a significant growth in the number…

Fake news and accountability

Editorial 09/07/2017

What does Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma’s call on broadcasters not to spread fake news have to do with reports of Presidential Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson supposedly performing with her Mocha Girls group inside a casino? Nothing…

Cebu bags DILG governance award

Izobelle T. Pulgo 10/27/2016

CEBU province bagged this year’s Seal of Good Local Governance from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) during the Philippine Local Governance Congress held in Manila last Oct. 27. Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III…

Nicole Cordoves wins first runner-up at Miss Grand International pageant

10/27/2016

THE PHILIPPINES’ bet to Miss Grand International 2016 came close to bringing home the crown with a first runner-up finish—the highest rank a Filipina beauty queen has achieved in the international beauty tilt, held this year at…

‘How did Cebu City get award for good housekeeping?’

Nestle L. Semilla 05/14/2015

Critics of the mayor in the Cebu  City Council questioned the basis of the city’s award for  Good Financial Housekeeping in 2014 by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG). In a privilege speech,  Councilor Noel…

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